My Precious shawl (us-terms)

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YARN: I have used one “cake” of Scheepjes Whirl, Pistachi oh so nice nr 761. One “cake” contains 1000m and have a weight of ca 200g. You can of course use any yarn of your choise.

HOOK: 4,5 mm

YOU WILL NEED: Scissor and tapestry needle to weave yarn tails in

STITCH GUIDE

ch – chain

dc – double crochet

chsp – chain space

cross dc – crossed double crochets

Work cross dc’s as follows: skip 1 st, 1 dc in next st, then 1 dc in st that was skipped

picot – ch 3, 1 sc in the 1 ch you did

GOOD TO KNOW: My Precious shawl is chrocheted top down, with increases every row and can be made any size, just stop chrocheting when it’s the size you desire.

PATTERN

Start with a ch 4 and join with a slip stitch

Row 1: Ch 3, into ring , 2 dc, ch1 , 2 dc, ch2, 2 dc, ch1, 3 dc, turn

Row 2-10: Ch3, 2 dc into base on turning ch, dc in each stitch until first chsp, 1 dc in the chsp, ch1, skip one st, 1 dc in next stitch, in next chsp you make 1 dc + ch2 + 1 dc (the top), 1 dc in next st, ch1, 1 dc in chsp, 1 dc in each st untill the last st, 3 dc, turn.

Row 11: Ch3, 2 dc into base on turning ch, 1 dc in next 2 st, work cross dc’s until next chsp, 1 dc in chsp, ch1, skip one st, 1 dc in next st, in next chsp work 1 dc + ch 2 + 1 dc (the top), 1 dc in next st, ch1, 1 dc in chsp, work cross dc’s until 3 dc’s left on the row, 1 dc in next two st, 3 dc in last st, turn.

Row 12: Ch3, 2 dc into base on turning ch, 1 dc in next 2 st, work cross dc’s until you have one st left before the first chsp, 1 dc in next st, 1 dc in chsp, ch1, skip one st, 1 dc in next st, in next chsp work 1 dc + ch 2 + 1 dc (the top), 1 dc in next st, ch1, 1 dc in chsp, 1 dc, work cross dc’s until 3 dc’s left on the row, 1 dc in next two st, 3 dc in last st, turn.

What a beautiful shawl! I have been looking for a special pattern to use some of my Lion Brand Mandela yarn. I was lucky enough to get 3 cakes in Genie & 3 cakes in Serpent. It’s really soft, beautiful yarn. Pictures really don’t show how lovely the colors are. Thanks for sharing your pattern.